A COMPOSITIOIN COMPRISING CURCUMA LONGA L. AND CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS SEEDS FOR IMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND ANTI-INFLAMMATION

• Main Authors: CHO JEONG HWI, PARK YANG GYU, CHOI JIN YOUNG, LEE JI HYE, CHOI HA KYOUNG, KIM YOUNG PILL, OH HONG GEUN, HWANG DAE IL, PARK CHUNG BERM, AN SO YUL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 17.06.2022
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

본 발명은 울금 및 홍화씨 추출물을 포함하는 면역 증강 및 항염증 조성물에 관한 것이다. 본 발명에 따른 조성물은 염증발생시 발생되는 NO 생성을 억제하고, 전구염증매개효소 iNOS 및 COX-2의 발현을 억제하며, 선천면역을 수행하는 자연살해세포의 활성을 증가시킴으로써 면역 증강 및 항염증 효능을 발휘할 수 있다.